Don’t look now, but the Cincinnati Reds have almost been fun to follow for the last week or so.

Sure, there was the “same old, same old” feeling when the bullpen again blew up last night against St. Louis, but sometimes nothing cleanses the sole like a good old Joey Votto game-winning home run against the Cardinals.

Here’s a look at Ohio State contingent in the first round of the 2016 NFL draft:

Joey Bosa, third pick of first round by the San Diego Chargers

Bosa is the 16th defensive end selected from Ohio State in the common draft era (since 1967)

Last: John Simon in the fourth round by the Ravens in 2013

First: Eric Kumerow (Bosa’s uncle) in the first round (16th overall) by the Dolphins in 1988

He is the sixth DE from Ohio State taken in the first round and first since Cameron Heyward went 31st to the Steelers in 2011 Others: Kumerow, Vernon Gholston (sixth, to the Jets in 2008), Will Smith (18th, to the Saints in 2004) and Alonzo Spellman (22nd, to the Bears in 1992).

Ohio State will have an entirely new starting lineup at wide receiver in 2016, and there figures to be a huge competition for playing time in Columbus this spring.

Despite the graduation of Braxton Miller and Michael Thomas and Jalin Marshall opting to go pro early, Ohio State is still set to have more than a dozen scholarship receivers this fall — all of whom were four-star recruits.

J.T. Barrett met with the media Wednesday and talked about what he has seen so far in winter workouts, including the return of Corey Smith and Noah Brown as well as early enrollee Austin Mack.

Big Ten football could be said to have come back to Earth in week one, although there weren’t too many upsets around the league. If anyone was overly disappointed in the league’s weekend as a whole, their expectations were probably too high.